I can't help you with a fast fix for that one, sorry.
BTW, have you downloaded IE5.5 Service Release 1 from MS yet? If you haven't then it might be worth a go - the installation, which is pretty major, might overwrite and fix the problem areas. And if you save the downloaded files somewhere safe you'll have them for if/when you re-format and re-install. It's big - 15 or so megabytes, maybe more.
Cheers
AA
[This message has been edited by Ausatco (edited 18 March 2001).]